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# 🎨 Trust Badges & Icons — Design & Styling

The **Trust Badges & Icons** section helps merchants visually enhance their store credibility using customizable trust indicators like secure payment icons, guarantee badges, delivery highlights, and more.

This section allows full control over:

* Badge appearance  
* Layout behavior  
* Typography  
* Animations  
* Background styling  
* Mobile responsiveness  
* Advanced CSS customization

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# **🎨 Template**

## **What it does**

Changes the overall visual theme and color palette of your badges.

## **How to use**

Click the dropdown to choose from presets like:

* **Black Friday**  
* **Minimal**  
* **Mint**  
* **Dusk**

These templates instantly help match your store branding and visual style.

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# **👀 Visibility**

## **What it does**

Controls which devices can see your trust badges.

## **Available Options**

* **Desktop and Mobile** → Shows badges everywhere  
* **Only Desktop** → Hidden on mobile devices  
* **Only Mobile** → Hidden on desktop devices

This helps merchants create device-specific experiences.

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# **↔️ Layout Orientation (Desktop & Mobile)**

## **What it does**

Determines how individual badges are arranged.

## **Available Options**

### **Horizontal**

Badges appear side-by-side in a single row.

### **Vertical**

Badges stack one below another in a column layout.

Separate controls may be available for Desktop and Mobile layouts.

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# **📱 Badge Display Behavior (Mobile Only)**

## **What it does**

Controls how badges behave on smaller mobile screens when space becomes limited.

## **Available Options**

### **Scrollable**

Customers can swipe horizontally to view all badges in one row.

### **Wrap**

Badges automatically move to the next line so all are visible together.

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# **✨ Animation**

## **What it does**

Adds entry animations when badges load on the page.

## **How to use**

Select an animation style from the dropdown.

Animation options include:

* Slide In  
* Pop  
* Fade Up  
* And more

Animations help attract customer attention without requiring additional design work.

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# **🖼️ Background Style**

## **What it does**

Controls the background appearance behind the badge section.

## **Available Options**

* Single Color  
* Gradient  
* Tricolor Gradient  
* Patterns

## **Additional Customization**

Merchants can also customize:

* Gradient angle degree  
* Individual colors  
* Hex color codes  
* Pattern appearance

This helps badges visually blend into the storefront design.

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# **📐 Borders & Corners**

## **Corner Radius (px)**

Controls how rounded the outer corners appear.

* Higher values → More rounded corners  
* `0` → Sharp square corners

## **Border Size (px)**

Adjusts the thickness of the outer border.

## **Border Color**

Changes the color of the border line.

## **Border Style**

Available styles may include:

* Solid  
* Dotted  
* Dashed  
* None

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# **📏 Spacing (Desktop vs Mobile)**

Spacing can be customized separately for Desktop and Mobile devices.

This ensures your badge layout remains balanced and responsive across all screen sizes.

## **Inside Spacing (Padding)**

Controls spacing inside the badge container.

Available directions:

* Top  
* Bottom  
* Left  
* Right

This creates breathing room between content and borders.

## **Outside Spacing (Margin)**

Adds spacing outside the badge block.

Available controls:

* Top Margin  
* Bottom Margin

Useful for separating badges from surrounding storefront sections.

## **Icon Spacing**

Controls the distance between individual badges/icons.

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# **🔷 Icon Styling**

## **Badge/Icon Shape**

### **What it does**

Adds decorative backgrounds behind individual icons.

### **Available Options**

* None  
* Shield  
* Emblem  
* Circle  
* Square

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# **📏 Size & Customization**

## **Desktop / Mobile Size (px)**

Controls icon size independently for:

* Desktop  
* Mobile

## **Background Color**

Changes the background color behind the icon shape.

## **Corner Radius**

Adjusts how rounded the icon background becomes.

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# **🚀 Pro Styling (Advanced)**

## **Icon Animation**

Adds continuous motion effects to icons.

Examples may include:

* Shake  
* Pulse  
* Bounce

## **Icon Hover Animation**

Triggers animations when customers hover over icons.

Examples may include:

* Float  
* Wobble  
* Holographic

## **Icon Shadow**

Adds depth and layering effects using shadows.

Examples may include:

* Soft Glow  
* Subtle Drop Shadow

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# **➖ Icon Separator**

## **What it does**

Adds divider lines between individual badge icons.

## **How to use**

Enable the **Add icon separator** checkbox.

This helps create cleaner spacing and visual separation.

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# **✍️ Typography (Text & Fonts)**

## **Font Selection**

### **What it does**

Controls the typography style used for badge titles and subheadings.

### **Available Options**

* Use your Shopify theme font  
* Choose custom fonts  
* Google Fonts support

Using the theme font helps maintain storefront consistency.

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# **📝 Title & Subheading Styling**

## **Size (px)**

Controls text size.

## **Color**

Changes text color using:

* Color picker  
* Hex code

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# **📐 Text Spacing**

## **What it does**

Controls spacing between text lines for better readability.

Increasing spacing can make content feel cleaner and more premium.

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# **💻 Custom CSS (For Developers)**

## **Advanced Feature**

If built-in settings are not enough, merchants can add fully custom CSS styling.

## **Available Target Classes**

### **Entire Badge Container**

.futureblink-trust-badge

### **Title Text**

.fb-title

### **Subheading Text**

.subheading

### **CTA Button**

.cta-button

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# **⚡ Applying Custom CSS**

## **How to use**

1. Paste your custom CSS into the editor  
2. Click **Apply**  
3. Preview changes instantly

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# **❗ Overriding Shopify Theme Styles**

Sometimes Shopify themes may override your custom styling.

If your CSS changes do not appear correctly, use:

\!important

This forces your styling to take priority over theme styles.

Example:

.fb-title {  
  color: red \!important;  
}

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# **✅ Final Result**

Once configured successfully, Trust Badges & Icons help create a more professional, trustworthy, and conversion-focused storefront experience.

With proper styling in place:

* ✅ Store credibility improves  
* ✅ Important guarantees become more visible  
* ✅ Customer confidence increases  
* ✅ Store branding feels more polished  
* ✅ Mobile responsiveness improves  
* ✅ Badge layouts become cleaner and more organized  
* ✅ Visual consistency across the storefront becomes stronger

Well-designed trust badges can significantl